Education
Education advocates poised to take Philly SRC to court over lack of transparency
When the Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted to unilaterally cancel the district teachers union contract last month, it did so in ...
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Days after election, Pa. releases standardized test score data
The Pennsylvania Department of Education released a trove of academic data Thursday -– more than a month later in the year than usual. ...
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Education funding in Pa. has racially discriminatory impact, analysis shows
During the gubernatorial campaign, advocates emphasized that Pennsylvania is one of the few states that has no education funding formula. ...
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What will Tom Wolf’s win mean to Pennsylvania classrooms?
Education advocates got exactly what they wanted in Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial election Tuesday: a progressive Democrat who puts ...
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With election near, still no Pa. test results; 2013 scores showed a downward trend
Have standardized test scores declined for a third year in a row in Pennsylvania? We’re not likely to find out before the gu ...
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Cheyney’s challenges extend beyond funding, expert says
A lawsuit filed by alumni and supporters of Cheyney University alleges Pennsylvania has discriminated against the historically black scho ...
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Cheyney University supporters claim discrimination in suit against Pa., US
Heeding Cheyney’s Call, a broad-based coalition of Cheyney University supporters, has revived a federal civil rights lawsuit agains ...
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Legal battle between SRC and PFT heads to Commonwealth Court
The legal battle over whether the School Reform Commission can impose benefit changes on teachers has shifted to Commonwealth Court, whic ...
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Parents spar angrily with founder of closing charter school in N.E. Philly
Sparks flew at a meeting for parents at Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter charter high school Monday night. The ...
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Hundreds of Philly students displaced as Walter Palmer Charter shuts its high school
Two months into the school year, Walter Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter has shuttered its high school — displacing the 286 ...
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ListenShould Philly parents worry about fiscal woes of for-profit charter operator?
A federal judge has ordered the heavily indebted Mosaica Education Inc., a for-profit charter school management organization, to accept a ...
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Philly schools take risk by disbursing health care savings before court rules
The Philadelphia School District decided Friday to give schools access to $15 million starting Monday, based on expected savings from for ...
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Tom Wolf on education, uncut: Vote trading, increasing investment, and disbanding the SRC
Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf came to WHYY studios Friday to answer an array of questions from a mix of beat reporters du ...
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Election 2014: A look at Corbett and Wolf on education
OK, let’s get right to the looming question: Did Tom Corbett cut a billion dollars from public, K-12 education? That questio ...
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Judge blocks SRC-ordered health care changes for Philly teachers union
The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers won a favorable ruling in city Common Pleas Court Monday in its fight with the School Reform Comm ...
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